Safe Teen Driving

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This site help explains the dangers and the risk that teens take and are faced by when they drive. Most teens don't realze the actual percentage of deaths that happen on the road. This site helps inform and answer questions that teenagers might have when going out on the road.


Facts
  1. "Partners for Safe Teen Driving aims to reduce the number of car crashes and save lives of teenagers".
  2. Car crashes are the leading cause of death among 16-19 year olds.
  3. The economic impact of police-reported fatal and non-fatal car crashes involving teen drivers in 2002 was $40.8 billion.
  4. In 2006, 12,711 teenagers died in the U.S. from injuries sustained in car crashes.
  5. In Virginia in 2006, there were 126 fatal car crashes involving
  6. teens, according to data from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.
  7. Teens are taught to drive under optimal conditions and don't have experience with potentially hazardous situations.
  8. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the leading causes of car crashes involving teens include:
    . Driver inexperience,
    . Risk-taking behavior,
    . High-risk situations (e.g., inclement weather, night driving),
    . Alcohol and drug use, and
    . Not wearing a safety belt.
    Distractions in the car
  9. A report from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles reveals that, in FY2003, driver inattention/distraction caused 15% of all teen driver crashes in Virginia.
  10. . Drivers between 15- and 20-years-old accounted for 6.9 percent of the U.S. population in 1998, but 14 percent of all drivers in fatal vehicle crashes.
  11. Persons under age 21 who drive under the influence can be fined up to $500 and their driver's license suspended for six months. (Virginia Driver's Manual)
  12. In 1980, fewer than half of the states had alcohol-purchasing requirements for 21-year-olds, although 49 percent of all fatally injured drivers younger than 21 had high blood-alcohol counts.
  13. by 1998 it had declined to 22 percent, the biggest improvement for any age group. (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)
  14. In 2006, 12,711 teenagers age 15 to 19 died in the United States from injuries in motor vehicle crashes.
  15. Thirty-six percent of all deaths of 16- to 19-year-olds from all causes are related to motor vehicle crashes. (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)